Bill > HB115

Introduced Session

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.

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D. Chad McCoy (R)*,  Tina Bojanowski (D),  Charles Booker (D),  George Brown (D),  Thomas Burch (D),  Kelly Flood (D),  Al Gentry (D),  Jim Glenn (D),  Derrick Graham (D),  Joe Graviss (D),  Kathy Hinkle (D),  Thomas Huff (R),  Joni Jenkins (D),  Nima Kulkarni (D),  Mary Marzian (D),  C. Edward Massey (R),  Russ Meyer (D),  Patti Minter (D),  Kim Moser (R),  Jason Nemes (R),  Melinda Prunty (R),  Rob Rothenburger (R),  Steve Sheldon (R),  Diane St. Onge (R),  Cherlynn Stevenson (D),  Nancy Tate (R),  James Tipton (R),  Susan Westrom (D),  Charles Wheatley (D),  Lisa Willner (D), 

to Judiciary (H) (on 01/10/2019)

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